Andrew L. R. Jackson is an Assistant Professor in Environmental and Planning Law in the UCD Sutherland School of Law at University College Dublin, Ireland. He previously worked for the international law firm Slaughter and May in London and Paris; for the UK government's legal service, in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra); and with NGOs Friends of the Irish Environment and An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, where he was Natural Environment Officer and in-house Solicitor. He is the author of Conserving Europe’s Wildlife: Law and Policy of the Natura 2000 Network of Protected Areas (Routledge, 2018).

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Recent developments in the implementation of EU nature legislation Chapter 3: The requirements for an effective international nature conservation system, and the EU Birds and Habitats Directives Chapter 4: Ensuring compliance: regulatory regimes under the EU Nature Directives Chapter 5: The margin of appreciation when applying Article 6(3) and (4) of the Habitats Directive Chapter 6: The trigger for Article 6(3) appropriate assessment: the gateway revisited Chapter 7: Supporting nature conservation through an ecosystem services policy Chapter 8: Judicial Review and nature cases in the UK: current challenges and future opportunities Chapter 9: Science and the interpretation of the EU Habitats Directive by the Court of Justice of the EU: 2+2=5? Chapter 10: Strict protection of species in the EU: controversies and trends Chapter 11: Conservation of areas outside the Natura 2000 network: an historical perspective with an eye to the future

Andrew L. R. Jackson is an Assistant Professor in Environmental and Planning Law in the UCD Sutherland School of Law at University College Dublin, Ireland. He previously worked for the international law firm Slaughter and May in London and Paris; for the UK government's legal service, in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra); and with NGOs Friends of the Irish Environment and An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, where he was Natural Environment Officer and in-house Solicitor. He is the author of Conserving Europe’s Wildlife: Law and Policy of the Natura 2000 Network of Protected Areas (Routledge, 2018).

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Recent developments in the implementation of EU nature legislation Chapter 3: The requirements for an effective international nature conservation system, and the EU Birds and Habitats Directives Chapter 4: Ensuring compliance: regulatory regimes under the EU Nature Directives Chapter 5: The margin of appreciation when applying Article 6(3) and (4) of the Habitats Directive Chapter 6: The trigger for Article 6(3) appropriate assessment: the gateway revisited Chapter 7: Supporting nature conservation through an ecosystem services policy Chapter 8: Judicial Review and nature cases in the UK: current challenges and future opportunities Chapter 9: Science and the interpretation of the EU Habitats Directive by the Court of Justice of the EU: 2+2=5? Chapter 10: Strict protection of species in the EU: controversies and trends Chapter 11: Conservation of areas outside the Natura 2000 network: an historical perspective with an eye to the future